25-year-old Shubman Gill has been made the new Test captain of India. He will replace Rohit Sharma, under whose captaincy the team lost the last 2 series against Australia and New Zealand. The first and biggest challenge before Shubman is to make a winning comeback for Team India.
5 challenges in front of Shubman
1. Win the series in England after 18 years
2. Make India make a winning comeback in Tests
3. Prove his batting abroad
4. Handle the young team in the transition phase
5. Take India to the WTC final again
In May, two senior players of the Indian Test team, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, retired. Before them, Ravichandran Ashwin had also retired. After which the team needed a new captain, who is also a permanent member of the team and can handle the responsibility for a long time.